We decided to make public the current plans for Pixelache 2008Helsinki programme! Some of the new additions are:- 7 members of the N.I.P. / New Inferfaces for Performance will show up inHelsinki- Kitchen Budapest will be presenting several project prototypes- Baltic version of Boxwars (gladiator-style fight-performances bycardboard-clad warriors) will be organised for the first time- 'Traveling without moving' seminar organised in collaboration with JohnThackara / Doors of Perception

At the end of February, Nuage Vert (Green Cloud), a large-scaleenvironmental installation by artist duo HeHe, will be visible in the skiesabove Ruoholahti in central Helsinki.

Nuage Vert uses the chimney emissions of the Salmisaari power plant as acanvas for illumination. The installation consists of tracking, drawing andprojecting a laser image onto the contour of vapour, adjusting its shape andsize to the current levels of electricity consumption by the residents inRuoholahti and neighbouring Lauttasaari. During the event, residents will beasked to consume less, to un-plug their electrical appliances to make thegreen cloud grow. The chimney and emission are an environmental sculptureand a community measuring tape, but there is an irony here: Nuage Vertaestheticises an icon of industrial pollution while seeking to draw theviewer's critical attention to it. By becoming a sign of wonder, aspectacle, a terrible beauty, a space is opened up for the viewer.

HeHe, the duo Helen Evans (British) and Heiko Hansen (German), live and workin Paris and initially conceived the project in 2003. HeHe was recentlycommissioned to make Champs d'Ozone at the Centre Georges Pompidou'sanniversary exhibition Airs de Paris. Their interest in air is also apparentin their 'Smoking Lamp' installation, which coincided with the Europe wideban on smoking in public space. Working in a variety of media andcontemporary technologies, their work has been described as poetic andpoignant, dealing with serious issues in a playful way. Their work engageswith the design and interpretation of urban space and the relationshipbetween individuals and their architectural and urban environment.

This first edition of Nuage Vert is presented by Pixelache festival ofelectronic subcultures and has been made possible with the generous supportof the Cultural Office of Helsinki, the Ministry of Culture andCommunication in France, Helsingin Energia, Foundation for EnvironmentalArt, Sydv